OCTEN ONEIDA COUNTY TRAFFIC & EMERGENCY NET
Effective 12/13/2023
OPENING:
THIS IS Call Sign CALLING THE ONEIDA COUNTY TRAFFIC AND EMERGENCY NET.
OCTEN, PART OF THE NATIONAL TRAFFIC SYSTEM, MEETS EVERY NIGHT AT 8:00 PM. FORMAL WRITTEN TRAFFIC IS ROUTED IN AND OUT OF ONEIDA AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES.
ALL STATIONS ARE WELCOME.
WHEN CHECKING IN TRANSMIT “THIS IS” (UNKEY/REKEY) PAUSE BY UNKEYING, LISTEN TO AVOID DOUBLING, THEN REKEY AND CONTINUE WITH YOUR CALL AND THE WORD “TRAFFIC” IF YOU HAVE ANY.
NET CONTROL FOR THIS SESSION IS Call sign, MY NAME IS ________, AND I AM LOCATED IN ___________, NY.
ORDER OF CALL UP:
—STATIONS WITH EMERGENCY, PRIORITY OR WELFARE TRAFFIC…
—LIAISON STATIONS TO AND FROM OTHER NETS…/1-NYS, /2-NYPON,/3-STAR, /4-CNY,
/6 WDN
—STATIONS WITH TRAFFIC…
—STATIONS WITH OR WITHOUT TRAFFIC…
CLOSING:
THIS CONCLUDES A REGULAR SESSION OF THE ONEIDA COUNTY TRAFFIC AND EMERGENCY NET. OCTEN MEETS TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AT 8 PM ON 145.170 AND EVERY MONDAY ON 147.240 WITH A PL OF 71.9. NET MANAGER IS DOUG AK2Z ASSISTANT NET MANAGER IS JOHN K2VTT……. WE THANK **
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED AND WANT MORE INFORMATION ON OCTEN AND THE NATIONAL TRAFFIC SYSTEM, VISIT WWW.MOARC.NET AND WWW.OCTEN.NET FOR MANY LINKS AND INFORMATION TO HELP GET YOU ANSWERS. ALSO ANY NCS CAN GUIDE YOU AS WELL. THIS IS _____ SIGNING THE NET AND IT’S MEMBERS CLEAR RETURNING THE FREQUENCY TO OTHER AMATEUR USE….73…______
** NET ON 145.170 – W2MO THE MADISON ONEIDA AMATEUR RADIO CLUB FOR THE USE OF THE REPEATER.
**NET ON 147.240 – THE OWNERS OF THE K2LIZ MEMORIAL REPEATER FOR THE USE OF THE REPEATER.
OCTEN SATELLITE REPEATERS
- 147.000 AUBURN (EchoLink node #9188)
- 147.210 CAZENOVIA
- 147.300 SYRACUSE
- 147.240 VERONA
- 146.850 ONEONTA
- 146.685 NORWICH
- 145.110 ILION
SUGGESTED SAT. REPEATER SCRIPT:
THIS IS [CALLSIGN] FOR THE ONEIDA COUNTY TRAFFIC AND EMERGENCY NET.
OCTEN, PART OF THE NATIONAL TRAFFIC SYSTEM, MEETS EVERY NIGHT AT 8:00 PM AND PLUS OR MINUS 15 MINUTES OF THAT TIME HERE ON THE [FREQUENCY] REPEATER. FORMAL WRITTEN TRAFFIC IS ROUTED IN AND OUT OF ONEIDA AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES. ALL STATIONS ARE WELCOME. MY NAME IS [NAME] AND MY CALL IS [CALLSIGN] AND WE WILL NOW TAKE ALL STATIONS, WITH OR WITHOUT TRAFFIC FOR THE NET.
[FINAL CALL UP]
WITH NOTHING FURTHER HEARD, WE THANK ALL OF THE STATIONS THAT CHECKED IN TO THE NET AS WELL AS THE REPEATER OWNERS AND TRUSTEES FOR THE USE OF THIS REPEATER. NET IS CLEAR. [CALLSIGN] OUT.